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I’M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE
My new book, The Sky Weeps with Us, will be released by Finishing Line Press in January 2025.
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September 2025
DON’T LET YOUR VOICE BE STOLEN
“Feminist” seems like a dirty word these days, as if being a feminist negates all the other things one is—or as if being a feminist means hating men…
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August 2025
THE SOUL OF THE THING
Where are the spaces for quiet contemplation?
Aug 1
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July 2025
WHAT'S IMPORTANT MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE WHAT'S IMPORTANT
It’s crazy out there.
Jul 1
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June 2025
What Makes a Piece of Art Stick?
Yesterday, Van and I saw Eurydice by Sara Ruhl at Signature Theatre in New York.
Jun 1
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May 2025
THE JOY OF SPEAKING OUR MINDS
On April 12 my husband and I attended the celebration for Norwalk’s newest poet laureate, Katherine E.
May 1
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April 2025
WRITER'S BLOCK
I thought of putting up that title and then just leaving the page empty, but we’re writers, and even when we have writer’s block, there’s always…
Apr 1
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March 2025
STORY-MAKING AND STORYTELLING:
David Goldblatt’s Photographs
Mar 1
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February 2025
WELL, AUSTRALIA’S OUT
Remember a couple months ago when I mentioned that leaving the country seemed like the sane answer to the election?
Feb 1
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January 2025
THE SQUIRREL IS A WRIGGLING POEM
Attila the Hun of the deck, his very own Gaul,
Jan 1
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December 2024
I DON’T WANT TO WRITE THIS COLUMN
When I was growing up in the 1970s, my very conservative, very fundamentalist Christian parents were preparing for civil unrest and the end of the…
Dec 1, 2024
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November 2024
Click, Click, Click:
What is our relationship to images?
Nov 1, 2024
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